Q: Ipad air low memory crash

I have read about the Kindle Fire HDX; it has a sharper screen than the ipad air, double the ram and a 2.2 quad core processor.  Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, said on 60 minutes last sunday that they are selling the Kindle Fire HDX almost at cost. So that means the 8.9 inch Kindle  cost close or over $300 to produce. The iPad Air cost about $169 to produce. So the Kindle cost almost double to manufacture. I also read that Amazon engineers have tweaked the touch input software, removing a lot of the glitchyness of the Android OS. So I doubt you could go wrong with that.

Another option is to buy an iPad 4 new, and leave IOS6 on it without updating to IOS7. There are some great deals on the remaining iPad 4's that are still in stores.

I would stay away from the iPad Air, as I have repeatedly stated 1GB of RAM simply isnt enough- especially for a 64 bit CPU.

zxphilxz wrote:

 

I would stay away from the iPad Air, as I have repeatedly stated 1GB of RAM simply isnt enough- especially for a 64 bit CPU.

i've thought about doing the ipad 4 option (looking for 64gb cellular) but that isn't quite sitting well with me - going to the lesser cpu. (i'd feel defeated at the time of asking to buy one at the counter)

What has also stopped me from that is that if i bought the ipad air (on a prayer) v buying the ipad 4 the resale of the two will be quite different and my salvage on the ipad 4 might be enough for a soda and BLT

i was recently thinking my only option was to roll the dice and see if i got lucky with the crashes (lack of). If i didn't somehow get lucky (and no solution was forthcoming from apple) i'd sell for a small loss (say 15%) - that even sounds crazy when i type it!!!!

i'm no tech whiz at all but having done quite a bit of reading in the last 2 weeks 1GB sounds so 2012!!! no matter how much various elements of the hardware and software improve how the ipad works, surely that cant override the 1gb limiation v 2 and 3gb in other tablets (not too mention the 64 bit requirements/adjustments on ram needs).

IT'S CRAZY I TELLS YA!!!!

Now i'm thinking i'll go tinker with the Kindle Fire HDX and if it feels as good as they say, pick one up, use it (hopefully) til the next ipad comes up and decide then if i have any interest changing to an apple ipad. The more i think about it the more this makes sense, and only by "suck and see" will i know how user friendly this will be for MY purposes and uses. Seems to have less chance of major downside on this and some chance of pleasant upside - it does look on paper and in reviews as a bit of a beauty.

BTW....are there thoughts here re the ram crashes that these issues re VERY widespread against all ipad airs (eg 80%)? it seems there are only a few places screaming loudly about this as opposed to it being broadcast on a broader scale - any views on that question??

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I read that people here have gone to apple stores and shown staff these crashes on their ipads but are these also being seen on the ipads on display too??

cheers

peter t (10 days away from potentially being an avid amazon/kindle system user and advocate)

There doesn't seem to be anything useful going on in this thread but I need to add my voice. I've had about 8 crashes in the last hour and had plenty since I got the Air (16GB WIFI)

Crashes in chrome, safari, Digg and Flipboard.

Really unimpressed. Finally relented and bought into the apple (non iphone) ecosystem and regretting it completely.

The only thing I can say is that I played with the iPad Air in two stores and made it crash in a few seconds. I opened wathever app, double clicked the home button, swiped through all open apps very fast and selected a random app. Crash! If it didn't work the first time, I tried again and it did crash.

Amazing how many lowmemory errors are listed in the diagnostics logs.

In total I played with them about 10 minutes, they crashed at least 5 times.

Just a few crashes too much! I hope to see improvements soon so I can go for the iPad Air.

My girlfriend has an iPad 3 with ios 6 and she has the same problem. Going on the famous link of 9to5mac makes it crash. Belgian audi app crashes. It seems to work better while closing all other open apps, but I'm not sure about this statement.

All errors I'm talking about are the lowmemory errors.

Greg

Greg

apart from the geniuses in these stores is there a sense of knowing from the floor staff?

i haven't been in a store since late beg november when i was not yet aware of this issue

is there a little nod or a knowing wink evident in the other staff? did you speak to anyone?

i have a "guy" here in sydney at the bondi store who is a straight up decent kind of guy (he actually explained reasons for me NOT to get apple care when i bought my imac). if i am in the store or passing in the near future - like next week to play with the kindle fire, for my own curiousity i'll see if he is in and if there is anything he can add

Had the iPad 1, iPad 2 and not one issue with crashing like this.

From about the second day my Air has crashed twice and then last night started getting the Low Memory crash. I thought this was the first time it had happened but after checking my logs it's happened before when I haven't been using the iPad.

Not happy and have booked at my Genius Bar for Sunday. Thinking of asking for a new one.

There's absolutely no point asking for a replacement as it's a firmware issue and not hardware, I am now on my second iPad air and it is exactly the same ,it also happens on the iPhone 5s i'm dealing with some technical support but they just keep Reading from the papers in front of them and Are no help whatsoever, all they do is keep offering me a replacement which is no good  to me as the new iPad air will be exactly the same Apple get it sorted

No, I didn't talk to the people in the shop. It was an official apple retailer, not an apple store. I didn't wat to start the discussion because I taught it wasn't going to end up in an answer anyway. So I decided to have a look in the forums. Talking to people in apple stores, genius bars or apple care would make more sense I guess.

In Belgium the iPad Air came out beginning of November. I immediately went to the store and immediately checked the logs. Knowing the issue from my girlfriends iPad 3 with ios 6 ...

zxphilxz wrote:

 

I have read about the Kindle Fire HDX; it has a sharper screen than the ipad air, double the ram and a 2.2 quad core processor.  Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, said on 60 minutes last sunday that they are selling the Kindle Fire HDX almost at cost. So that means the 8.9 inch Kindle  cost close or over $300 to produce. The iPad Air cost about $169 to produce. So the Kindle cost almost double to manufacture. I also read that Amazon engineers have tweaked the touch input software, removing a lot of the glitchyness of the Android OS. So I doubt you could go wrong with that.

 

from googling further tonight and looking to even buy i can not see any note of the KF HDX 8.9 being available in Australia in 4G/Cellular.

great  - another dilemna and short fall for my ideal situation

mmmmm....i'm a little closer to waiting for next ipad. surely we will have an update in first half of 2014 for the love of.........

(4g too important for me as needing web browing whilst commuting. i might have to simply stay with my iphone 4s for now)

This is exactly what happened to me. If I remember it correcly I have my 4th iPad Air replacement. Somehow I've been using my other previous iPad gen and my iPad mini with no retina. I never had any crashes. Last night I noticed my iPhone 5 started having the same issue of crashing and showing the Apple logo and going back to the home screen.

Coming from a person who had 4 iPad Air replacement... honestly, you will just waist your time.

Anybody out there experiencing the same "crash issues" that iPad Air is experiencing using MacBook Air? I'm thinking of returning my iPad Air and just get the MacBook Air. I'm getting frustrated with my iPad Air.

I have a new ipad mini (retina).  This is my first apple since an apple IIc I had when I was a kid.  I am really stunned by all of the crashes.  All I ever hear is how much better apple is than MS, then when I finally break down and get one ...

It's interesting too, because I have an inexpensive Asus T100 - a 10" windows tablet with a detachable keyboard. It has some issues waking up from sleep, but I've never seen it crash.  It's nice to be able to compare the systems.  I actually find win 8 easier to use as a tablet - the app switching gestures are simpler than the 4 finger thing on the ipad.  So far, the only thing I really favor on the ipad is the apps - unfortunately, that's a big difference so far. 

I've got a couple of days to decided whether to return the ipad or not...the crashes are really starting to bother me on a "premium" device like this.

Do you have any advice for me regarding MacBook Air? I'm thinking of returning my iPad Air and switch to MacBook Air.  The constant crashing of my iPad Air is so infuriating.

It's a great device. I prefer the MBP Retina Display. And these don't crash.